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- Dictionarygrist/ɡrɪst/
noun
- 1. corn that is ground to make flour.
- 2. useful material, especially to support an argument: "the research provided the most sensational grist for opponents of tobacco"
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noun. uk / ɡrɪst / us / ɡrɪst / grist to the mill UK (US grist for the mill) Add to word list. anything that can be used to your advantage: it is all grist to the mill I might as well learn another language, it's all grist to the mill when it comes to getting a job. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Advantage and disadvantage. ace.
1. a. : grain or a batch of grain for grinding. b. : the product obtained from a grist of grain including the flour or meal and the grain offals. 2. : a required or usual amount. 3. : matter of interest or value forming the basis of a story or analysis. 4. : something turned to advantage or useused especially in the phrase grist for one's mill.
noun. us / ɡrɪst / uk / ɡrɪst / grist for the mill US (UK grist to the mill) Add to word list. anything that can be used to your advantage: it is all grist for the mill I might as well learn another language, it's all grist for the mill when it comes to getting a job. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Advantage and disadvantage. ace.
Grist definition: grain to be ground.. See examples of GRIST used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a. grain intended to be or that has been ground. b. the quantity of such grain processed in one grinding. 2. brewing. malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked. 3. See grist to the mill. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
grist (for somebody/something) useful ideas or material. Pearl Harbor has provided the grist for more than 100 books and at least seven movies. Old English ‘grinding’, of Germanic origin; related to grind. something that is useful to somebody for a particular purpose.
1. grain to be ground. 2. ground grain; meal produced from grinding. 3. a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding. 4. Older Use. a quantity or lot. Idioms: grist for or to one's mill, something used to one's profit or advantage, esp. something seemingly unpromising.
When grain like wheat or oats is ground into flour, it's called grist. Maize or corn that's made into coarse grist is called "grits."
Jun 2, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] grist ( countable and uncountable, plural grists) Grain that is to be ground in a mill . ( obsolete) A group of bees. ( colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision . (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
Grain or a quantity of grain for grinding. Grain that is to be or has been ground; esp., a batch of such grain. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
